Friday, March 13, 2009

Handspun Friday - Frost Flowers

I'm really glad I found out about sweetgeorgia yarns fiber club in time to sign up. The first ever installment was February 2009.

fiber:Wensleydale: it's a longwool sheep with curly wool; it's the finest lustre long wool in the world (according to http://www.sheep101.com/); it can be spun into fine laceweight, fingering weight for sturdy sock yarn, or even bulky, for glossy, weighty skeins.I prefer the sock yarn variety. I can't imagine having this fiber near my skein, other than my feet.

It was not the first time I've spun Wensleydale. As it is, I've spun a bobbin full of it, just before this shipment arrived. It's the one I dyed myself. I still have another bobbin to fill, and ply before it is ready to be shown here.

weight: 4ozcolorway: Frost Flowers

yardage: ~ 311yds

way of plying: navajo

WPI: 22With the short color changes, navajo plying would not come to mind at first. One reasoning why I did it anyway was, that I would NOT want lace around my shoulders in this fuzzy fiber, and as mentioned above, only socks would do (for me). I love how this skein came out. The colores are fabulous, and the skein, while taking a hot bath, did not bleed out at all. I like it, when color does not come off, on hands, or in the bath afterwards.

beautiful! I always love to look at Weseydael fiber when it is dyed. It has such a beutiful sheen. I've spun it once and have some in my stash, but I've never been sure what to do with it because it doesn't feel soft. Maybe I could ply some with alpaca.

You know, if I had seen that top in a store I probably wouldn't have bought it but you've spun it up and I absolutely LOVE it! It always amazes me how so-so top can turn into a surprisingly gorgeous yarn! It'll make spankin' socks!

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I live in Canada now, but I'm originally from Austria.
My White Shepherd Happy, and Denny the mutt, are my constant companions. Maggie is my sons dog, but she's with me most of the day. I have two grown kids too ;o) by the way.